As some may have noticed based on some photos I take, I'm a fan of little details. Lights are always a good place to look. Here is the tail lamp on my Elantra GT, which has lots of cool little graphics embedded.
There's also the puddle lamps on the G80, which project the Genesis logo. Yes, I know these are becoming commonplace, but we were among the first automakers to do this back in 2014.
On an unrelated topic, this car didn't find its way into my driveway, but rather the driveway of a colleague who lives around the corner from me. A while back she overheard some Miata talk in the office (happens surprisingly often...) and mentioned her dad had one, but she wasn't sure exactly which one. I actually joked "watch it be a Mazdaspeed." Then she mentioned it was orange and we all shut up, knowing it must be. Today her dad was in the area and she let me know, so I stopped by to see it.
After chatting for a bit, he asked which ones I had driven. I replied that I'd driven pretty much all of them (1.6 and 1.8 NA, NB, NC, ND) except the Mazdaspeed. He grinned and handed me the key. WHAT A CAR. All the fun of the NB, which is my personal favourite generation, with a bit more power. Best of all, it's old-school turbo power - big lag followed by big rush. Such a cool car, and this 42,000 mile example (U.S. car) was incredible.
Needless to say, I owe my colleague one.
